Welcome to the Useful Writing Prompts: Joy Themed! Here you will find faith themed prompts that come from Bible scriptures. These writing prompts can help you create whatever creation God has put in you. First, you’ll be introduced to the prompt name. Then you will find the prompt, which will be a verse or multiple verses that relate to faith. Lastly, you will find four to five questions to help direct your creation. This will help create an efficient and effective writing session.
#1. Consider it Joy
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. James 1:2-3 (NASB)
Questions:
- What does it mean to “consider it all joy”?
- How can the answer of the first question become a main theme of your story?
- Is your main character someone figuring out the answer to the first question or helping someone else learn?
- Is it one person that is affected by this verse or a group of people in your writing?
- What would a poem on this verse look like and feel like to you? Maybe try putting that in your writing as an experience of a character or just actually write it as a poem.
#2. Jesus, Great Joy
And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:9-11 (NASB)
Questions:
- Is your creation a retelling of Jesus’s birth or a creation placed in the Christmas season?
- What would this look like as a painting? Either write out your explanation or paint a picture of it.
- What would a poem on this verse look like and feel like to you?
- If this is not a retelling: Why did this verse stand out to you as a good prompt? Have your character go through a similar experience with the verse or anything else.
#3. The Joy of the Lord
Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10 (NASB)
Questions:
- What does it mean to “not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength”?
- How can the answer of the first question become a main theme of your story?
- Is your story set in a contemporary setting, historical setting, sci-fi, setting or even a fantasy setting?
- What would a poem on this verse look like and feel like to you? Maybe try putting that in your writing as an experience of a character or just actually write it as a poem.
#4. Jesus is the Vine
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.
John 15:1 – 11 (NASB)
Questions:
- In the last verse of this passage, Jesus said ” These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.” How can you show someone’s receiving God’s joy and receiving it in its fullest?
- Is there one main character or many?
- How does this passage effect your side characters? Are they the one’s helping the main character or vice versa?
- Why did you choose this prompt? Whatever your answer is, have someone in your writing make a decision for the same reason that goes along with your theme.
- Is your story set in a contemporary setting, historical setting, sci-fi, setting or even a fantasy setting?
Now you have some good prompts for your next creation. Try putting them to work and see what you come up with. Whatever the use, I pray its helpful. Remember, as a storyteller, it is important to exercise your God-given storytelling abilities with His word. I hope you enjoy!
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